A Peoples Democratic Party stalwart in Oyo State, Alhaji Rasheed Adebisi, has urged the party leadership to caution former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala against engaging in anti-party activities.
Adebisi accused the former governor of romancing with Accord Party, describing the relationship as “dangerous and unhealthy”.
He spoke to reporters in Ibadan on Tuesday.
He said, “Alao-Akala’s recent meeting with Senator Rashidi Ladoja and the inauguration of a committee by the two former governors is not PDP’s idea. The party in the state has no hand in the romance between Ladoja and his former deputy.
“Their move is self-serving and against the interest of the party. Alao-Akala cannot be meeting with Ladoja on behalf of PDP without the consent of the party executives and leaders in the state.
“I am using this medium to call on the PDP national headquarters to caution Alao-Akala because his act, if unchecked, is capable of derailing the peace which the party enjoys.
“Their romance will end in futility but we do not want Alao-Akala’s action to destabilise our party. We know Ladoja is not coming to PDP as being rumoured but only using Alao-Akala to cause disaffection in party.”
However, media aide to Alao-Akala, Mr. Abraham Ojo, has denied the allegation, saying his principal was a strong member of PDP and would not defect into AP.
Ojo said, “Alao-Akala is a force to reckon with in the PDP having contributed to the success of the party. Every step he is taking is in the interest of PDP.
“He has the interest of the party at heart. He has repeatedly said he has no plan to dump the party. He is not making move as alleged to destabilise the party, rather, he is making moves to better the lots of the PDP in the coming elections in the state.”
Meanwhile, the two former governors on Tuesday inaugurated a 10-man committee in Ibadan.
The committee is to work out modalities for reconciling aggrieved PDP members and dislodge the Action Congress of Nigeria administration in the state in 2015.
But the Action Congress of Nigeria in the state on Tuesday said the alliance between former governors was a show of desperation and sign that Ajimobi’s ratings had risen.
The ACN stated this in a statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Dauda Kolawole.
The statement read, “The gang-up has shown the political desperation of the two former governors and an admission of the fact that individually, they cannot face Ajimobi and the ACN in the 2015 elections.
“We are very happy about this gang-up. Wonders, indeed, can never end. That these two strange bedfellows, who fought a titanic battle to destroy each other could come together to fight Ajimobi shows that our governor is now an Iroko that these two gladiators needed to come together to fell.”
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